The Opelousas courier., 1887-04-09
Items of Interest.

last week passed DILL making ib HNlaW1ul eo
hunt or kill prairie chickens, quail or pheas-
ants for term of five years.
The well known poet, editor aud lawyer,
John G. SAKE, died at the residence of his
ouly son in Albany, N. Y, on Thursday, March
81, in his fist year.
Messrs Eugene b. Hunt, John Mang and
wife, and Joseph Thoman, who arrived here
last week from New York, have located on q
homestead near the S. w. La. Land Co.'s saw
mill.-Rayne Signal.
The trial of ex-Secretary of State W. A.
Strong, at Baton Rouge, for embezzlement OF
election ticket paper money, ended last Mon
day by failure of the jury to agree. A new
trial will probably be held soon.
Rayne Signal: Mr.. NJ. Couch, of Hamilton
county. Texas, has purchased the 500 acre
farm of Mr.. d. B. Lyons, and Mr.. j. H. HaW.
kins of the same place has purchased an
eighty acre farm from Mr. Il. B. Sloane.
Washington Argus: The water in the Cour-
tabeau is ut high stage aud on stand stlll'
"A dog belonging to Mr.: Derbes' ;d. and which lsa
killed on our streets on Monday last
MICHIGAN GAME LAws.-Lausing, Mich,
March 2l-The house to-day agreed to a oiii
forbidding the use of dogs 10 hunting deer,
and limiting the deer hunting season TO one
month, viz, from November to December l.
The same bill forbids the shooting OF duck OF
water fowl ia the spring Of the year.
The Postmaster General has issued eircu'
lar letter to postmastors calling attentiou TO
the advantages of the special delivery system,
and urging them to commend its use to the pub
lie as worthy of confidence. It's value, he says,
will grow with the growth of it's business, ev'
cry increase Of patronage bringing with it the
means of increased efficiency.
It is estimated at the Treasury Department
that there had been a decrease OF about Sl2,-
100000 in the public debt during the last
month. The receipts Tor that month amount
to $33 235, 293 and the expenditures to $ls,36o
$50. including $6,735,2l9 pension payments.
The net gain of receipts over expenditures is
$A,s66,743
Thibodaux Sentinel: The present occu-
pant of the White House has never been
known to mention the name of the Mississippi
river, aud appears to be entirely unaware va,
that there is such a stream in existence. Inc
voters of the Mississippi valley should see
that the next President lives west OF the AL
leghauy Mountains.
Gov McEuery has accepted an Invitation
to attend the annual reunion of the BeneVo-
lent Association of Confederate Veterans at
Shreveport on the 18th of April Invitations
have also been sent to Geu. Nichols, Senator
Gibson, Gen. Jastrenski, Judge Walter ID.
Rogers of Nav Orleaue aud number of 9th
er distinguished gentlemen.
Ouachita Telegraph: When Meridian,
Miss, undertook to organize building as
sociatiup. it required about six months 10
materialize the enterprise. 1t took only
month to accomplish the same thing I'D NOR
roe. But the most sanguine expectations OF
the friends of the undertaking have been e1'
oeeded. One thousand and twenty-five shares
have been taken and the list still grows.
New Iberia Enterprise: Through the efforts
of Mr.. FL. +. Duperier it has come to light,
that the ST. Andrews Bay r. r. & Land Co.,
with headquarters at Cincinnati, o., 10 .
swindIing concern, and it behooyes all parties
to give the bait wide birth. Guy weber,
the treasurer aud manager of the concern,
was arrested last Saturday, andWill DOUBT
less land in the penitentiary.
To a statement in the Morgan City Free
Press, that the Crowley boom had burst, that
the sale of town lots was fictitious and that
the election which decided upon that town as
the parish seat of Acadia was illegal, the
Rayne Signal replies:
We affirm that all the land sales were gen
uine and not shams, and all assertions to the
contrary are false. The election which Sc
lected that place as the county seat wasAs
genuine as any election which has occurred
in this State for ten years past
The st. Mary Review says of Major Heuer's
report on the opening of Bayou Piaquemine:
I'VE look upon the report as the urst fea
step in securing an outlet for this section
\
sippi riyer, which would shorten the present
river route to New Orleans lSO miles.
The caying of the levees of the Mississippi
river at Piaquemine, the head OF the bayou
is another favorable omen. 1t necessltates
prompt action, and as the leyees are being re
paired, locks eau be placed in the Plaquemine
Every uation, every city, every town, every
community is just what the people make 1t
A live, progressive people will build up I
| prosperous town or city where the natura
conditions are even unfavorable, while care
| less, iRdoient population will accomplish he
| tie, however great the natural advantages o
| their localities may be. An intelligent trav
eler can form a correct opinion of town bl
| passing through it, or looking over the ad
vertisements In its newspapers.
The Butcher Cotton Seed Oil CompaD.
| started in opposition to the American Oil Trus
Company are preparing to put up their mills
| Mr.. III. 6. Butcher was in New Orleans fev
! days ago, and from there went TO Houston
Tex. At the latter place he proposes to erec
a 200 ton oil mill. Mr.. Butcher is presiden
and Mr.. Oliver general manager of the South
arm Oil Mills Company. They will build tw,
mills in Texas, one to be located at Houston
and the other in Dallas. The machinery ha
/ been ordered from Dayton, o. The mills ar
expected to be built and iu operation by Aug
| j, 1887. The total cost, exclusive OF tn
ground for the Houston mill, is estimated u
| $l50,000
Capitdiian.Adyocate: The board of super
| visors of the Louisiana State University ant
| A. and NJ College, at the invitation of Prot
Stubbs and of Maj. 7. j. Bird, Comnissione
/ Of Agriculture, visited the experiment station
! at the new and old sites of the State Uuiver
sity. They we're much pleased at the expert
ments in winter and other grasses, oats, corn
cane, cotton, potatoes, ETC., and at the grea
/ number of experiments that are being mad
] in all these products They were shown tn
various fertilizers used i'll these experiment
and given an idea of their preparation AM
distribution. The board were unanimous Il
their appreciation of the practical and earn
II est work that is being done to promote the III
terest of agriculture in Louisiana
writer in the Lafayette Advertiser say
of the Centenary College: It was esfabilsf
ed by the State in 1925, as tho State uniyel
sity and continued as such until l8t5, whe
then taken under the supervision OF the ID.
Church, South. 1t is located in the town
4 jackson, about twenty.four miles nortn
Baton Rouge. :, -,
The buildings consist Of a stewards hal
two brick dormitories, and q large eentI
building, the latter of which was erected
an expense of over sixty thousand dollars.
Connected with the college are two reguia
Literary Societies, each having the same ain
that Of improving its members III depao
, composition, and general literary ,acquif
, ments. The Societies have each nail ano
library. r:s NJ
!. Gnilopi. Of New Orleans, have located on
. homestead in Prairie Hayes, purchased y
, necessary farming outfit and gone 20 WOE
! Mr.. ID. Aleshire, of st. Paul, Neb., has pu
, chased TOO acres Of land west Of and betWeS
J Rayne and McCIeiland's brldge, aaloinalDg ~ =
! Jams, of same place, has entered tree eia,
! and nnrohased forty acres of land IN q